Legal Opinion
McMenamin v. Philadelphia County Democratic Executive Committee
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 30, 1975No. Civ. A. No. 74-2346PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
'HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.
This civil rights action arises out of a contested election for the post of ward leader of the Democratic party in the 42nd Ward of the city and county of Philadelphia. The plaintiff, Audrey McMenamin, alleges that defendants have deprived her of (1) associational rights secured to her by the First and Fourteenth Amendments, and (2) the equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment. More specifically, she charges that defendant Philadelphia County Democratic Executive Committee (“County Committee”) intentionally and purposefully discriminated…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Williams v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Valenti v. Pennsylvania Democratic State CommitteeDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1994
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- McMenamin v. PHILADELPHIA CTY. DEM. EX. COM.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
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